Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] you might " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 6 ) An empathetic question asks the pupil to become involved personally with the evidence , e.g. " If you had been the soldier standing behind Harold , say what you might have thought , felt and done at the moment the arrow hit him in the eye . " |
| 2 | But , like , you do n't know what you might have prevented ’ ( FN 20/6/87 , p. 8 ) . |
| 3 | You would never quite know what you might find here ; you would certainly find unexpected flights of stairs which might lead anywhere at all , and you would surely sometimes come upon doorways you had not known existed . |
| 4 | Who demonstrated what you might call a profound lack of interest . |
| 5 | They call themselves Rektum , and all signs suggest they enjoyed what you might call a safe passage . |
| 6 | That huge estate in Scotland — ; I 've been listening to Mamma and Mrs Talbot with half an ear , you never know what you might miss — and you do n't hunt . ’ |
| 7 | He had experimented with drugs , but in the privacy of his own home , so as to be able to say that he had : after all , you never knew what you might say and do under the influence of drugs . |
| 8 | It 's difficult enough dealing with you when you 're halfway normal — I dread to think what you might be like in a state of delirium . ’ |
| 9 | Whereas we used to have what you might call an across-the-table relationship with our customers , now we can claim to be sitting on the same side of the table . ’ |
| 10 | Heard the gentleman 's voice , more like , and come down to see what you might get out of him . ’ |
| 11 | The Sea is a sort of mythological enemy , and I make what you might call sacrifices to it in my soul , fearing it a little , respecting it as you 're supposed to , but in many ways treating it as an equal . |
| 12 | Breaking the connections in an untrained network produces what you might expect : nonsense . |
| 13 | It was down at Riverside that I had what you might call my first ‘ exotic ’ sexual experience . |
| 14 | On the telephone it is easier ( though not necessarily easy ) to be firm , to say what you might not have the courage to say face-to-face . |
| 15 | and er Adrian , Doctor Adrian has just got his er ticket for life , now are you going to do anything , er can you imagine what you might like to work at ? |
| 16 | ‘ We have what you might call circles of evidence . |
| 17 | Who knows what you might have got if you 'd played your hand right ? ’ |
| 18 | Who knows what you might meet in the night . |